Brighton players complained that Lacazette had not actually kept the ball in play but their case was dismissed and Monreal was free to celebrate the fourth goal of his Arsenal career.

The game encapsulated Liverpool's season as it took the lead through a superb Philippe Coutinho strike from 25 meters on 29 minutes, only to concede seven minutes later after shambolic defending allowed Joselu to latch on to Jonjo Shelvey's pass through the middle.

Brighton are yet to win away from home and were comprehensively beaten in their only match against a top six side in their 2-0 loss to Manchester City.

Brighton thought they had scored when March's long range free-kick hit the post.

The 28-year-old forward was unable was unable to claim a maiden Premier League goal of the season but his performance offered a vindication of Wenger's hardball transfer window tactics, which left Sanchez unable to complete a deadline-day move to Manchester City.

The Gunners move to fifth place on the log with 13 points from seven games. Glenn Murray, returning from injury, was only fit enough for the bench while Tomer Hemed, goalscorer in last week's 1-0 defeat of Newcastle, was suspended for stamping on DeAndre Yedlin during that match. "But once it settles in and we go through the game again, I think there are more positives to come from the game than negatives".

He added: "I knew that after the game at Liverpool everybody did write us off".

"It was a great team play", Iwobi told the BBC. In the six games we've had different types of challenges. We penetrated well and we had a few moments where we got in the box but just couldn't get the final touch at the end.

"But we're a new team coming into this division and learning".

Brighton arguably have the weakest squad in the league, however Chris Hughton is an exceptional coach who gets the best out of his side. Now we've got the first two wins out of the way we can keep on building.

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